Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	know_v	see_v	word_n	5,492	5	4.3212	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55473	A sovereign balson to cure the languishing diseases of this corrupt age By C. Pora a well-wisher to all persons.	Pora, Charles.	1678 (1678)	Wing P2966A; ESTC R233075	195,614	671

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